ONLY SIXTEEN
(Sam Cooke)

Sam Cooke (with Bumps Blackwell & His Orch.) - 1959
Craig Douglas - 1959
Al Saxon - 1959
Terry Black - 1965
Dr. Hook - 1975
Leroy Sibbles - 1975
The Persuasions - 1976
Cornell Campbell - 1983

Also recorded by:
Mud; The Persuasions; The Supremes; Gerald Alston;
Vel Omarr; Tony Cark; Sly & Robbie; Don Campbell;
The Heptones; Daniel O'Donnell.



She was only sixteen, only sixteen
I loved her so
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know

We'd laugh and we'd sing
And do the little things
That made my heart glow
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know

Why did I give my heart so fast
It never will happen again
But I was a mere lad of sixteen
I've aged a year since then

She was only sixteen, only sixteen
With eyes that would glow
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know

(Then why did you give your heart so fast)
Oh, it never will happen again
(But you were a mere lad of sixteen)
I've aged a year since then

She was only sixteen, only sixteen
With eyes that would glow
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know